Definitions for declensiondɪˈklɛn ʃən
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
de•clen•siondɪˈklɛn ʃən(n.)
the inflection of nouns, pronouns, and adjectives for categories such as case and number. the whole set of inflected forms of such a word, or the recital thereof in a fixed order. a class of such words having similar sets of inflected forms:
the Latin second declension.
Category: Grammar
a bending, sloping, or moving downward.
deterioration; decline.
Origin of declension:
1400–50; < OF declinaison < L dēclīnātiōdeclination
de•clen′sion•al(adj.)
Princeton's WordNet
declension(noun)
the inflection of nouns and pronouns and adjectives in Indo-European languages
deterioration, decline in quality, declension, worsening(noun)
process of changing to an inferior state
descent, declivity, fall, decline, declination, declension, downslope(noun)
a downward slope or bend
declension(noun)
a class of nouns or pronouns or adjectives in Indo-European languages having the same (or very similar) inflectional forms
"the first declension in Latin"
Wiktionary
declension(Noun)
: A way of categorizing nouns, pronouns, or adjectives according to the inflections they receive.
In Latin, 'amicus' belongs to the second declension. Most second-declension nouns end in '-i' in the genitive singular and '-um' in the accusative singular.
declension(Noun)
: The act of declining a word; the act of listing the inflections of a noun, pronoun or adjective in order.
Origin: From declenson, from declinaison (French: déclinaison), from declinatio (gen. declinationis)
Webster Dictionary
Declension(noun)
the act or the state of declining; declination; descent; slope
Declension(noun)
a falling off towards a worse state; a downward tendency; deterioration; decay; as, the declension of virtue, of science, of a state, etc
Declension(noun)
act of courteously refusing; act of declining; a declinature; refusal; as, the declension of a nomination
Declension(noun)
inflection of nouns, adjectives, etc., according to the grammatical cases
Declension(noun)
the form of the inflection of a word declined by cases; as, the first or the second declension of nouns, adjectives, etc.
Declension(noun)
rehearsing a word as declined
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